Trolley-wire hanger.



J. A. McINTOSH. TROLLEY WIRE HANGER. APPLICATION HLED F5542, i918.

Patented Mar. 11, 1919..

ammm James 4 M fni 'osiy attorney NI ED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES A. MciNTOSi-I, or LA FAYETTE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR 'ro THE onto BnA'ss coivrrAivmon MANSFIELD, 01110, A CORPORATION or ivnw grnnsny.

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' To all whom it may concern Be it known that'I, JA ns A. MoIiy'rosrI, a citizen of the United States, residing at 527 S. 5th st., La Fayette, in the county of "wires and more particularly with reference to catenary construction where the trolley wireis suspended belowa cable.

'My invention is one which is simple to manufacture and easy of installation and which is self-contained; that is, all parts are at all times in an assembled condition and there are no loose parts to be lost.

It has been found of advantage to provide a hanger which can be clenched onto the trolley wire in place of being gripped for clamped to the wire by means of bolts,

invention is to produce a hanger of this character.

To attain these ends, and the accomplishment of other new and useful objects as later set forth, my invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of the several parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a side elevation of my invention showing'its relation to the overhead catenary or messenger cable and to the supported trolley wire.

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 shows a side elevation of the hanger as it is furnished the customer in which one leg of the suspending loop is secured to the ear proper and better shown by the sectional view Fig.4 taken on the line 44. Fig. 3 also shows how one leg of the loop is bent out to disengage the ear so that the loop can be passed over the catenary cable to install the same, and a section of this portion of'my hanger is shown in Fig. 5 which is taken on the line 55.

In these figures I have shown a form of construction which embodies my invention and is my preferred form, but various mod1- fications of my preferred form can be made 1 without departing from the invention disclosed herein.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Mar, 11,1919.

Application filed February 2, 1918. Serial No. 215,014.

l My invention comprises two parts-an car part indicated by 1 and the hanger loop in dicated by 2. The ear member is provided with two grooves-one to receive the'trolley ber comprises a rod, wire, or the like. Both the ear member and suspension member can be made of any materialsuitablebut; as a rule the ear member'is' found to work better I if madeof brass, bronze or copper, and the I suspension 'nieinber if made of iron or steel.

The usual method of furnishing 'the;'de-

vice to the trade is to have one leg of 'the suspension member indicated by sperm nently securedto the ear memberl and th'e other leg of the suspension member in'dicated by 4 left free of attaclnnentto the ear member 1 as a means of convenience in installing as shown by Fig. 3; screws, etc., and one of the objects of my" be free from the groove in which it rests loosely, and to then pass the suspension member loop over the messenger cable 8 and then allow the leg 4 to spring back into place in the groove of the ear member.

Having done so, the operator then bends the lips 7 down over the bent or upset member 9 of the leg l andthe hanger is then installed upon the messenger or supporting cable. The trolley wire is then inserted into the groove l0 and the lips 11 are forced down into engagement with the trolley wire, securely fixing the same in place. This completes the installation of my invention.

It will be observed that not only the 0011-. struction but the installation of my invention is'very simple and which are results I have endeavored to attain.

While I have illustrated my invention as applied to one typeof ears it will be understood that it is not limited thereto but-is equally adaptable to be appliedtovarious other well known types of cars.

It will be'quite evident to those versed in the art and use of these devices that many variations from the above disclosure can be made and therefore I do not wish to be limited to the specific construction shown in the drawing and described, but to be limited by my claims only, which are as follows Claims: v

1. A trolley wire hanger comprising a one-piece holding member, a plurality of grooves in the holding member and a supporting member; one end ofthe supporting member toengage an overhead support, the

other endpositioned in one of the grooves and secured therein and another groove to receive and securely hold a trolley wire.

Copies of thisjpatent may be obtained for clenched upon objects located in the grooves, a suspension member adapted at one end to engage an overhead support and provided at the other with means to engage one of the grooves in the holding member, the other groove to'engage and hold a trolley wire.

4;. A trolley wire hanger comprising a holding member provided with flexible lips forming a plurality of parallel grooves, a suspension member, two upset ends on the suspension membelgthe' upset ends independent of each other for convenience'in in stalling'and positioned in one of the grooves, aportion of the lips of one groove bent or clenched over one upset end ofthesuspension member and a portion of the lips of the same groove adapted to be bent or clenched over the other upset end, another groove I adapted to receive and hold a trolley wire.

5. A trolley wire hanger comprising a holding member provided with bendable lips forming a plurality of parallehgrooves and a suspension member; the suspension member to attach to an'overhead support and 'positloned 1n one of the grooves and se-.

cured by the bendable lips, another of the.

grooves to, receive and hold a trolley wire.

. In testimony whereof Iaflix my signature,

JAMES A. MQINTOSH.

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